Banipal, No 22, presents an intriguing selection of works from around the Arab world – from Lebanon, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Syria, Morocco, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq and Tunisia. The cover artist is Kurdish Iraqi painter Sadradeen,

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Cover artist: Sadradeen

Ali Mosbah A short story WindAbbas Beydhoun Six PoemsNajwa Barakat Excerpt from A Busload of Good PeopleHassan al-Shami reviews A Busload of Good PeopleTayeb Salih A short story If She ComesIbrahim Nasrallah Eight PoemsSalah Hasan A Poem An Old Song about the PlainsMansoura Ezeldin A short story Butrus: A Distant Hazy FaceAli al-Domaini Excerpt from the novel The Grey CloudNazih Abu Afash Three PoemsHussain al-Mozany A short story The Last WishInaya Jaber Thirteen PoemsIssa J Boullata A short story A Retired GentlemanRabia Raihane A short story A Red SpotFady Joudah A Poem Along Came a SpiderLisa Suhair Majaj Two PoemsBaha Edinne Taoud Excerpt from the novel Beyond the SelfRasha Omran A Poem When Longing Tormented MeMohamed Choukri A short story Men Have All the LuckAziz Chouaki An Excerpt from The Star of Algiers